Convertible chair



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,495

F. w. MARHEINE CONVERTIBLE CHAIR Filed Jan. 2'0, 192;

tQUIEIJ State of lVashing new and useful l l atented Set. 23, 1923.

entries r a tant tic,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl. FREDERICK FREDERICK V]. M

rinses ABHEINE, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

Application filed January 20, 1923. Serial No. 614,033.

w. MAR

HEINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane,

ible Chairs, specification.

My present in Spokane County and ton, have invented certain mprovementsin Convertof which the following is a invention relates to an im provedconvertible chair involving a special construction w and with facilitybe converted hereby the chair may readily for use either as a rockingchair or a non-rocking chair.

The primary object provision of means non-rocking chair whereby of myinvention is the in connection with a the latter may have the requiredarms or braces at its sides and be adapted for use as a strong and rigidstructure for ordinz manipulation of adyu table parts,

, use.

and by facile the arms or side braces of the non-rocking chair may bepositioned for use as rockers for a rocking chair.

lvleans are provided for rigidly locking the adjustable braces inposition when used either as side arms or as rockers.

And such. means, which are of simple and compact construction. onlyslightly modify the appearance of the convertible chair, thus providingan be utilized as a pi article of furniture ece of a set of furniture,

and which avoids extra or additional chair.

In the illustrated form or the invention the novelty thereof resides ince biuations and arrangements of parts as that may the appearance of anrtain comwill hereinafter be fully described and claimed.

and in the acompanying drawings one complete example of my invention isparts are combined and arranged the practical application of myinvention.

to one mode for the principles of of the physical embodiment depicted,wherein the according;

Figure l is a perspective view of the convertible chair adapted as aI'OClQIlQ chair.

Figure 2 at the rear is an enlarged view in elevation of the chair,showing it as a nonrocking; chair, and with the locking latch in lottedlines to illustrate the manner of manipulating the latch.

Figure 1s a new in side elevation of the convertible chair used as anon-rocking chair.

securing the the nonrock1 sideng ch braces, as

chair-arms for air, to the chair.

As illustrated in the drawings the seat 1 is of usual or standardconstruction and supported on the two front legszQ, 2 and the two rear,longer legs 3, 3, the latter eX- tending up above the seat 1 to formpartof the chair back a.

The usual horizontal braces 5, 5, are fixed in sockets in the four chairlegs to provide a rigid and durable structure, and the structure as thusdescribed forms a chair of well known and non-rocking type.

In connection with. the chair structure I utilize side braces 6, 6 oneat each side of the chair, and each of these braces is pivoted as at 7at the outer side ofand near the bottom. of the front chair legs Q, 2.These side braces arepreterably of the same material as the chair andconform to the de- Sign or style of the chair. At their rear, free endsthe side braces are provided with enlargements, as 8, which in thisinstance are fashioned as a spiral curve. projecting from. the slightlycurved brace 6, in such manner as to be positioned in front of the backposts or legs 3 of the chair and above the seat 1. In Figures 2 and 3the side braces are illustrated as extending upwardly and rearwardlyfrom their front pivots 7, with the curved portion or scroll 8 above theseat and forward of the rear posts or legs to perform the functions: ofside arms 1 for the non-rocking chair For locking the side braces inposition as side arms for the non-rocking chair I utilize a notch 9 inthe upper face of each side brace, which notch is spaced from the pivotcenter 7 in position to embrace a lat-- erally extending pin '10, one ateach side of the chair. Preferably these pins are fixed in the outersides of the rear legs, just below the line of the seat 1, and theyproject laterally or outwardly from the chair as indicated to be seatedin the complementary notch as indicated in Figure l.

' When utilized as a non-rockingchair. the side braces are locked inposition by means of a. pair of turn buttons 11, one pivoted on the rearface of each rear leg, back of and a little below the fixed pins 9. Withthe side braces turned up to position of Figure 3. itwill be apparentthat the turn buttons 11 may be turned to horizontal position of Figure2 to prevent the side braces from falling or swinging down, and thebraces are each held rigidly and securely between the respective pinsand turn-buttons.

When the non-rocking chair is to be converted for use as (L rockingchair the side braces are released by turning tle turnbuttons 11 tovertical position in Figure 2 to tree the braces and permit them to beswung on their pivots 7, and the lower curved edges of the side bracesare'adepted to be projected slightly below the pairs of side legs 23 toafford, rocking supports for the chair.

In this position the side braces are adapted to be engaged by a singlelatch bar 12, located at the rear of the chair near the bottom ends ofthe two rear legs 3, 3. Fit one end, the .lfitCil bar is pivoted, as at13 to one rear ieg oi the chair, to swing as indicated in dotted linesFigure 2, and near the free end of the latch bar the latter is providedwith a transverse groove in its upper edge This groove is adapted to coact with e fixed stud or heeded pin 15 which projects rearwardly fromthe rear face of one of the rear legs, and the wells of the notchembrace the stud or pin 15 as shown.

Each end of the latch bar is fashioned with a corner notch to form ahook 16 adapted to engage over the upper edge of one of the rockers orbraces 6, as best seen in. Figure l, and the pivoted latch bar is provided with a pivoted turn-button 1'? carried on the upper edge of thelatch bar and near it free end.

Thus it will be apparent that when the braces are turned down to theposition for use as rockers in Figure 1 (whiie the latch bar is indotted position Figure 2) they may readily and conveniently be locked inposition by use of the latch bar. When the side braces have beenadjusted to proper posithe latch is turned on the We hook i projec:

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